Ecclesiastes 7:9

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Hasty

Anger

Mark 6:19

Bible References

Hasty

David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good.

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah: “We have 10 shares in the king, so we have a greater claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Weren’t we the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were harsher than those of the men of Israel.

When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
and a man who schemes is hated.

Patience is better than power,
and controlling one’s temper, than capturing a city.

Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

“Yes,” he replied. “It is right. I’m angry enough to die!”

Be angry and do not sin.

Don’t let the sun go down on your anger,

My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Anger

but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.

Jacob’s sons returned from the field when they heard about the incident and were deeply grieved and angry. For Shechem had committed an outrage against Israel by raping Jacob’s daughter, and such a thing should not be done.

Absalom didn’t say anything to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon since he disgraced his sister Tamar.

Smooth lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,